agreements

noun

plural of agreement
1
as in consensuses
the state of being of one opinion about something we were in agreement about one thing at least: that we'd never worked so hard in all our lives

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2
as in pacts
an arrangement about action to be taken we finally reached an agreement regarding a fair division of the housework

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Recent Examples of agreements Reddit cheers; SerpApi prepares to fight If Reddit wins the fight, the popular online discussion forum could be in a better position to force all AI scrapers to enter into licensing agreements. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 France’s film industry also negotiated separate agreements with individual streamers governing both their cinema investment commitments and their place in the country’s windowing system. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 July 2026 Los Angeles sued its longtime fundraising partner in 2024, accusing GLAZA of breaching agreements and hoarding zoo data and funds. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026 The Pentagon announced agreements with L3Harris and Lockheed Martin to expand production of PAC-3 MSE and THAAD missile interceptor components over seven years. — Julia Gledhill, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Disability rights experts say those agreements could now be imperiled. — Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 31 July 2026 The two countries have long-standing agreements which include collaboration in fields such as drone and missile technology. — CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreements
  1. consensuses
  2. pacts
  3. unisons
  4. conventions
  5. contracts
  6. understandings
Noun
  • With cultural consensuses in disrepair and taste informed by an ever evolving spate of social media and streaming platforms, mainstream music trends were almost reliably fractious.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Definition of consensuses
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  • In such a scenario that is appearing highly likely, many clean energy pacts and pledges may well be broken by major tech brands out of necessity.
    — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • But that framework would be governed by the two countries themselves, instead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which conventionally oversees nuclear pacts.
    — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of pacts
Noun
  • The singers’ buchi drone formed the core of the music’s harmonic language, which relied mostly on unisons, major seconds, and minor thirds.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
Definition of unisons
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  • But for me, if you are taken out of the set of conventions that usually inform your choices, that is a reward in itself.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • The Chantels were pioneers sometimes trapped in the conventions of the era.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of conventions
Noun
  • Other players with expiring contracts who could command interest include slugger Starling Marte and reliever John Schreiber.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The recurring fuel and service operations can be assessed through margins, contracts, customer retention, and cash conversion.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of contracts
Noun
  • But the industry’s significance to black history goes beyond economic understandings of racial uplift.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • Two factors mistakenly confine popular understandings of the reparations debate in the United States.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
Definition of understandings

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